gfold is a CLI application that helps you keep track of multiple Git repositories.
bash
user at hostname in ~/git
% gfold
great-journey unclean main git@github.com:truth/great-journey.git
installation-zero bare main https://github.com/the-ark/installation-zero.git
sierra clean dev https://github.com/forward-unto-dawn/sierra.git
spark clean issue343 git@github.com:guilty/spark.git
tartarus unclean delta git@github.com:covenant/tartarus.git
voi clean main https://github.com/earth/voi.git
This app displays relevant information for multiple Git repositories in one, or multiple, directories. While this tool might seem limited in scope and purpose, that is by design.
It prints each repository in alphabetical order, and pads each result based on the longest directory, branch, and status string.
By default, gfold looks at every Git repository in the current working directory.
However, if you would like to target another directory, you can pass that path (relative or absolute) as the first argument.
There are multiple ways to install gfold, but here are some recommended methods...
Installation Methods | linux-gnu-amd64 | macos-amd64 | windows-amd64
--- | --- | --- | --
Homebrew | x | x | -
Arch User Repository (AUR) | x | - | -
Cargo Install | x | x | x
GitHub Release Binary | x | x | x
You can use Homebrew to install the tap for gfold.
bash
brew install nickgerace/gfold/gfold
Alternatively, you can do...
bash
brew tap nickgerace/gfold
brew install gfold
Running brew help or man brew can help you use brew locally.
You can check out Homebrew's documentation as well.
This application is available for all Linux distributions that support installing packages from the AUR.
Many people choose to use an AUR helper, such as yay (example: yay -S gfold), in order to install their AUR packages.
You can build from source with cargo by executing the following...
bash
cargo install --git https://github.com/nickgerace/gfold --tag <version>
You can obtain gfold via the latest GitHub release.
Once you have it downloaded, you can add it to your PATH.
Here is an example on how to do that on macOS and Linux...
bash
chmod +x gfold
mv gfold /usr/local/bin/
You may have to reload your shell in order to see gfold in your PATH.
You can use symbolic links to swap between versions, and manage multiple at a time. Here is a full install workflow example...
```bash
VERSION=
wget https://github.com/nickgerace/gfold/releases/download/$VERSION/gfold-$PLATFORM mv gfold-$PLATFORM gfold-$VERSION chmod +x gfold-$VERSION
mkdir /usr/local/gfold/ mv gfold-$VERSION /usr/local/gfold/ ln -s /usr/local/gfold/gfold-$VERSION /usr/local/bin/gfold ```
Now, you can add/remove versions of the binary from /usr/local/gfold/, and change the symbolic link as needed.
For all the ways on how to use this application, pass in the -h, or --help, flag.
bash
gfold --help
Here are some example invocations...
bash
gfold
gfold ..
gfold $HOME
gfold /this/is/an/absolute/path
gfold ../../this/is/a/relative/path
gfold ~/path/to/multiple/repositories/ -r
gfold -r $HOME/path/to/multiple/repositories
gfold, and its external crates, support all three major desktop platforms.
It is tested for the latest versions of the following systems, but may work on more...
linux-gnu-amd64macos-amd64windows-amd64Please check out CHANGELOG.md for more information. It follows the Keep a Changelog format.
This repository follows and enforces the Rust programming language's Code of Conduct.